Response theory as a free-energy extremum
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 32 (5) , 2923-2925
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.32.2923
Abstract
We show that the formal results of many-body, isothermal response theory can be generated from thermodynamic extremum principles. It is shown that this method yields the correct time-dependent response to a perturbing external field.Keywords
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